American artist Ryan Matthew Mitchell has travelled throughout China and Asia to create artwork, exhibit and curate arts projects after graduating with an MFA in 2007 from the University of Montana. Mitchell is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics. He currently lives in Jingdezhen China where he maintains his own studio and works with the International ceramics programs of the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute. Aside from numerous exhibitions in the United States, China, Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia; Mitchell is the first foreign artist to have a solo exhibition at the China Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum.